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Thanks. I'd like to see him back. He was on his female right away. I think i'll have plenty if I get all 5 females bred. Waiting on a basalis hatch to qualify a female's fertility. Your basalis is up as soon as that's done. :)

Hymenopus coronatus OH! And this little thing had a weak hatch for her 1st ooth. I remated her so I hope her 2nd does better. She was remated yet again for this, her third ooth. The other female's first hatched a good 50.

THANKS! I was actually able to mate all 4 pairs in a 24ish period! On a crappier note, my 2nd venosa male is AWOL, and she definitely didn't eat him. He's been missing two days. Instead of leaving them in the bug room, I kept them downstairs with me at the end of the night when I paired them...

Parasphendale affinis mated! 1 of 5 females so far! Definitely the trickiest. The female is psycho. Dude did his job for several hours. Unfortunately, when I returned to them, he had dismounted, and had disappeared. And she definitely looks plump. LOL! RIP lil guy!

Hierodula venosa mated! 2 of 5 females so far! Second venosa pair. Notice his fluffy wings. 

Deroplatys Desiccata mated! Thanks to Joey and Charles coming through with a pair of males, I was able to get this old girl knocked up! 🤣 She produced right away. A small one, but important nonetheless.

A lot of people are saying that tired unicorn genes make for lazy uninspired males. Mine would stalk and mount, and then basically let the female walk away from under him.

Refer to P88 of Orin's book. Interesting. ;)

I just met @Reptiliatus online. @SilentDeviL, are you still around?

I never thought of it that way, brother.  In Canada, any 'fancy' mantises are hard to find as it is.   I encourage my patrons to breed.  Alas, my list is still full of 1s and 2s.

Yup. mantises!  🙂 The reason a lot of experienced folk will recommend an easier species is that an orchid, while fairly hardy, has a narrow band of care regime it needs to stay in. With this species, you wont know something's not right, until it's too late. And sometimes, the indicators are so...

Hey there! Welcome! :D

Yup, on MANTIS KEEPERS, one of the questions asked on the JOIN REQUEST form people answer Is "How did you hear about the group?". People answer "TIK TOK" a helluva lot these days. Another question is "Why do you want to join this group?". A common answer includes the words "orchid mantis" in...

I still recommend free-ranging until next molt, @Alimama. They still have a hard time staying off the top, steepled or not! ;) -c

Cool! Good luck!

I failed to record the date she expired. Funny cos im a dataholic. 😛 Last entry I have for her was a feeding July 7 2019.  She got her wings Jan 18 2018.  I was very very new to mantis keeping then. Sweet sweet Noël.  Never bred her.

Welcome @Malo Stapalo! If your venosa are nymphs, none will be yellow. The insides of their raptorial arms and legs will take on tinges of yellow as molts progress. Then, at final molt, The wings will come in yellow. Yellow coloration will set it. There is no guarantee it will be AS yellow as...

Welcome, @Tfisher! Thanks for joining us!

Welcome! :D

Welcome! Were glad you've joined us! :D